John dos Passos in the 1930s

Resumo

In 1930 John dos Passos was nearing the pinnacle of his impressive career. The Forty Second Parallel, the first volume of his trilogy USA, would be published that year to critical acclaim; he was respected as a writer by political factions both left and right; he was actively involved in causes in which he believed such as Emergency Committee for the Southern Political Prisoners (the Scottsboro Boys); and he was newly and happily married to Katy Smith and enjoying his friendships with other literary lights such as Ernest Hemingway.